[GitHub] popojargo commented on a change in pull request #1137: Validate regex on client side.

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popojargo commented on a change in pull request #1137: Validate regex on client side.
URL: https://github.com/apache/couchdb-fauxton/pull/1137#discussion_r224442605
 
 

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 File path: app/addons/documents/mango/components/MangoQueryEditor.js
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 @@ -130,16 +131,54 @@ export default class MangoQueryEditor extends Component {
   notifyOnQueryError() {
     if (this.editorHasErrors()) {
       FauxtonAPI.addNotification({
-        msg:  'Please fix the Javascript errors and try again.',
+        msg:  'Please fix the JSON errors and try again.',
         type: 'error',
         clear: true
       });
 
       return true;
     }
+
     return false;
   }
 
+  getJsonIfValid(json) {
+    try {
+      return JSON.parse(json);
+    } catch (e) {
+      FauxtonAPI.addNotification({
+        msg:  'Please fix the JSON errors and try again. Error: ' + e.message,
+        type: 'error',
+        clear: true
+      });
+    }
+  }
+
+  isRegexValid(selector = {}) {
+    const regexes = Helper.getSelectorRegexes(selector);
+    const errors = _.reduce(regexes, (acc, val) => {
+      try {
+        new RegExp(val);
 
 Review comment:
   See the linked issue. I guess the best solution would be to have more human friendly error message when having regex errors. If that's not possible, I could allow to send wrong regex to the server and use my code to return more detailed error message in case of failure

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